Responding to the Homosexual Movement
There’s a widespread belief among people today that God is actually in support of the homosexual lifestyle. In fact, someone Tweeted me yesterday and asked, “If God considers homosexuality a sin, why did He create it?”
This might come as a shock to some Christians, but the Bible does not support, value, uphold or accept the homosexual lifestyle in any way. You can’t find a single verse in the Bible that praises, encourages, or accepts that lifestyle as natural or good.
None.
God did not create or design homosexuality.
God clearly views the homosexual choice as a sin against His design for gender and marriage.
He speaks directly against this sexual sin in the Old and New Testaments. “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin” (Leviticus 18:22).
Check out Genesis 19:1-11, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Timothy 1:8-10, and Jude 7 for more evidence.
From the very beginning of time God set into motion the standard for how a man and a woman should behave. God created Adam and Eve (not Adam and Steve) for a reason. God designed sex to be a holy and pure act that should only take place between a husband and a wife.
Anything outside of those boundaries is considered detestable by God.
As John MacArthur so frankly stated, “[Homosexuality] is nothing more than a perverse sex act. That’s all it is, nothing less, nothing more. And people who get engaged in it and drawn into it for a number of reasons, find themselves spiraling deeper and deeper into this kind of conduct.”
The saddest part about the whole gay pride movement is just that – they are gay and are proud of it. They are sinning against God and flaunting it in His face. There is no brokenness before God for their choices and no sign of repentance for rebelling against His design.
Should we accept a person’s choice if they’re nice to us?
I’ve heard this said more than once by Christians, “My gay friend is a really great guy…I’m not going to judge him for who he loves.” There are a lot of nice and kind people out there who are in direct rebellion against God.
A person’s “niceness” should have nothing to do with our acceptance and love for their sin. We must be loyal to the authority of God’s Word. We must reach out to the lost and love them by pointing them to the truth.
As I mentioned in the the last post, we are no better than they are. We are all sinners in need of forgiveness and salvation from Christ. Apart from Him you and I would be just as lost and confused as any homosexual.
However, we have been forgiven of our sins and know what freedom from bondage tastes like. That should be our desire for every practicing homosexual.
How should we respond?
So here we are, up to our necks in the homosexual agenda. We know we can’t love God and accept homosexuality at the same time…so, what should we do? As Christian girls how should we respond to this?
We must love the sinner, but hate the sin.
We are to respond with both grace and truth (John 1:17). True love cares about the heart and soul of a person. The only way we can love a homosexual is to show them the truth of God’s word.
To support (or even to be neutral) on this issue is not true love at all.
The only way a homomsexual will ever find freedom, fulfilment and hope on this earth is through Christ. We must point them to the amazing forgiveness and love that Christ has shown us!
God’s truth brings freedom. “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
As much as you might hate controversy and want to ignore this issue, you can’t. As a follower of Christ you cannot be silent.
If we, as a church, are silent we might be legally silenced forever. Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, points out a startling fact. “Christianity remains the great obstacle to the final success of the homosexual movement. The silencing of the church must be their ultimate priority.”
We cannot be silent. We must speak the truth in love.
Don’t follow your emotions.
Please don’t get sucked into the gay pride agenda. Don’t base your beliefs on your emotions. God’s word must be the final authority for everything you believe.
As Christians, our heart’s desire should be to see the practicing homosexual repent before God for their sin and begin a true relationship with their Creator. As you and I know, a relationship with Jesus Christ is the only solution that works.
I know this is a heavy topic, and I would love to hear your feedback on it.
- Where do you personally stand on the issue of homosexuality?
- Do your beliefs about the homosexual lifestyle come from the culture, or from God’s Word?
- Has this blog post (or the previous one) opened your eyes to any new truths that you didn’t know before? If so, what stood out to you?
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